CVE-2001-0909
HighPublished
Buffer overflow in helpctr.exe program in Microsoft Help Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hcp: URL.
- Published
- Sep 1, 2004
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Nov 21, 2001
Primary CVSS
7.5/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P19.7%
Moderate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 97.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Buffer overflow in helpctr.exe program in Microsoft Help Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hcp: URL.
Sources
1mozoral · windows · Nov 21, 2001
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